Table 2: Current and predicted suitable habitat for giant panda based on the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling Analysis (CGCM3) and Hadley Center for Climate Modeling (HadCM3)1.

Range

Remaining habitat in km2 (%)

Lost habitat in km2 (%)

Protected habitat in km2 (%)

Number of patches (>200 km2)

Current

CGCM3

HadCM3

CGCM3

HadCM3

Current

CGCM3

HadCM3

Current

CGCM3

HadCM3

Qinling

4,068

4,063 (99)

3,387 (83)

5 (<1)

681 (17)

2,919 (72)

2,917 (72)

2,517 (62)

2

2

2

Minshan

12,076

2,694 (22)

4,866 (40)

9,383 (77)

7,210 (60)

8,144 (67)

1,989 (16)

3,395 (28)

5

4

7

Qionlai

6,551

4,089 (62)

2,218 (34)

2,462 (38)

4,333 (66)

2,461 (38)

1,869 (28)

1,265 (19)

4

4

2

Xiaoxiangling

1731

48 (3)

136 (8)

1,683 (97)

1,596 (92)

531 (31)

20 (<1)

27 (<1)

3

0

0

Daxiangling

365

37 (10)

39 (11)

328 (90)

326 (89)

123 (34)

22 (6)

20 (5)

1

0

0

Liangshan

3,481

590 (17

1,369 (40)

2,891 (83)

2,112 (61)

885 (25)

136 (4)

292 (8)

3

1

3

Total

28,273

11,520 (41)

12,015 (43)

16,753 (59)

16,258 (58)

15,062

6,950 (25)

7,516 (27)

18

11

14

1Remaining habitat are the areas of the current range predicted to remain suitable and lost habitat are areas not predicted to remain suitable in 2080. Protected habitat estimates are based on the current protected area system and percentages were calculated against the current distribution.